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"Shock Your Mama"
Single by Debbie Gibson
from the album Body Mind Soul
B-side	"Love or Lust"
Released	March 22, 1993 (1993-03-22)
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Deborah Gibson Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
Producer(s)	Deborah Gibson Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
Debbie Gibson singles chronology
"Eyes of the Child" (1993) "Shock Your Mama" (1993) "How Can This Be?" (1993)
Music video
"Shock Your Mama" on YouTube

"Shock Your Mama" is a song by American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson, released as the second single from her fourth album, Body, Mind, Soul (1993). Co-written by Gibson with Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, this single was co-produced with by the latter two. The version used as the A-side is a radio edit of the LP Version, entitled the "London Apprentice Edit". Released in March 1993, the song stalled at No. 74 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was banned in South Korea and omitted in the country's release of Body, Mind, Soul due to music censorship laws prohibiting sexually suggestive lyrics.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Gibson places tongue firmly in cheek on an electric moment from her underrated Body Mind Soul album. Wriggling hip-hop-derived beats percolate beneath a flurry of C&C Music Factory-styled guitars and glossy synths." He added, "Above all, Gibson delivers a spirited vocal that takes on a pouty rap that leaves her kiddie-pop days in the past. Programmers should drop preconceived notions and give this a fair shake." Pop Rescue noted its "funky 90's sounds, beats, and synth stabs", noting that at times this vocally reminds of Cathy Dennis or early Dannii Minogue.

Track listing

All song were written by Deborah Gibson, Carl Sturken, and Evan Rogers except "Only in My Dreams", written by Gibson.

• European maxi-CD single

1. "Shock Your Mama" (London Apprentice edit) – 3:14
2. "Shock Your Mama" (LP version) – 4:04
3. "Love or Lust" – 3:57
4. "Only in My Dreams" (LP version) – 3:54

Charts

References

1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. March 20, 1993. p. 19.
2. Flick, Larry (April 10, 1993). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 72. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
3. "Review: "Body Mind Soul" by Debbie Gibson (CD, 1993)". Pop Rescue. April 10, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
4. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2017-01-10". Retrieved January 10, 2017 – via Imgur.
5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

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